Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

Chapter 102 Everyone's Rules

Once, Neferutali asked Rowan:

"How do you judge the situation on the battlefield, and why are you able to do so with ease every time?"

In terms of governance and diplomacy, Neferutali has absolute confidence.

But on the real battlefield, Neferutari's judgment on real-time strategy is far inferior to the man in front of him.

Facing the curiosity of his best friend, Luo Wen thought about it seriously, and finally replied:

"This depends on the 'person'."

Neferutari was a little dissatisfied with this answer.

"You mean, you are so talented that other people can't do it?"

"No no, that's not what it means."

Luo Wen waved his hands again and again, "My secret is - 'see people'."

"Um?"

Neferutari raised her eyebrows, expressing her confusion.

Rowan continued to explain: "The so-called war often has many superficial purposes, but there is only one core purpose—"

"profit!"

"All wars are related to the interests of the parties involved."

"Profitable—just a fact, no praise or blame, no good or evil."

“Invading other countries to seize land—for one’s own benefit; seizing property to enrich the treasury—for one’s own benefit; plundering resources to deter other countries—for one’s own benefit.”

"But in turn, defending the country and defending the country rose up and resisted—for their own interests; defending peace and upholding justice—is also for their own interests!"

Luo Wen fiddled with the sand and said with a smile: "As long as you understand where this 'benefit' is, you can grasp the opponent's purpose."

Neferutali pondered, and speculated: "You mean, as long as you know the purpose of the participating parties, you can predict their actions?"

It's kind of weird to say something.

After all, this kind of logic of reverse action through purpose can be seen in any military battle case analysis book.

Neferutari did not believe that the man who was called "Golden Dawn" by the soldiers would use such a simple theory.

"No."

Sure enough, Luo Wen shook his head, "It's only half of the inference."

"Because what is involved in the war is not cold data, but countless living 'people'."

When Luo Wen said this, he suddenly asked:

"'Humans are creatures that don't stick to one kind of rules. We can't read minds, and naturally we can't know what's going on in the opponent's mind, so we can't accurately judge the situation on the battlefield'——you must think so Bar?"

Neferutari nodded.

Is there even a question?

But Rowan denied this statement.

"That's wrong."

He smiled and said, "A creature like a 'human' will follow the rules—one's own rules."

As Rowan spoke, he pointed to the kettle in the distance.

"I'm thirsty."

Neferutali turned around to get the cup, but when he got the cup, Rowan had already hooked the kettle with a gritty silk thread, and then took a few big mouthfuls directly at the spout.

Looking at this scene, Neferutali suddenly thought of something.

Luo Wen wiped the corner of his mouth, grinned and said:

"Look, in the face of the same goal, you and I have different ways to achieve it, but they are indeed in line with our style."

"You like everything to be organized, so you go get the glass."

"And I'm very thirsty, so I choose to drink directly from the bottle."

"It's our different 'styles', in other words - it's our very different 'rules'."

"Everyone does."

"As long as you master the rules of conduct of the parties involved in the war, you can understand the methods used by the other party to achieve their goals."

"In this way, it is not difficult to judge the movement of the parties involved in the war."

Hearing this, Neferutali understood what Rowan meant, but she was still a little curious:

"According to what you said, if that person did the opposite, wouldn't your theory be useless?"

"The so-called 'doing the opposite' is also one of his own rules."

Rowan grinned, very happily.

"So, Neferutari, I'll teach you a trick—"

"Continuously break the 'rules' you originally thought, so that you can see what others can't see!"

...

Back in time to eight hundred years later.

In terms of the intelligence in hand, Rowan's advantage in this aspect is definitely the first line in the sea.

Therefore, he didn't need to exert too much effort to sort out everything that happened in the Kingdom of Aden in his mind.

What kind of person is Don Quixote Flamingo?

He is a "betrayer family" who was rejected by the Holy Land Marie Gioia. He swore since he was a child that he would turn the world of the Celestial Dragons upside down.

But Doflamingo is a man who knows how to use everything around him.

He used Torrebol, Diamanti and others to establish the Don Quixote family; he also planned to use his own brother Rosindi to eat the fruit of the operation and help him complete the follow-up plan.

In the future, Doflamingo will also use his identity as a "Dragon Man" to complete the conspiracy against the Kingdom of Dressrosa and become the king of the Kingdom of Dressrosa.

Therefore, this time Doflamingo's action is by no means purely "targeting the Universal Alliance", and it is even more impossible to "obey the orders of the world government and come to stop the Universal Alliance".

This man would not have done such an unprofitable business.

So the fact is most likely that Doflamingo used "blocking the Universal Alliance" as a negotiation condition and asked the world government to agree to his "certain request".

As for what is the requirement?

I probably want to join [The King's Shichibukai].

In Rowan's memory, Doflamingo should have intercepted a batch of "heavenly gold" that was tributed to the Tianlong people not long after, and used this as a bargaining chip to get the world government to agree to his request to join the Qiwuhai.

Looking at it now, for Doflamingo, the "Certificate of Fame" of the Universal Alliance is obviously more attractive than the "chip" of gold in the sky!

...

As for the crystal ghost virus that appeared in the Kingdom of Aden.

Caesar Courant was an ambitious man.

He is obsessed with the research of weapons of mass destruction, and he has long been dissatisfied with the fact that Vegapunk has been overwhelming him.

So why did Caesar choose to cooperate with Doflamingo this time?

Probably Doflamingo promised Caesar that he would provide him with a "stage" large enough to show his research results to the world government.

This result is naturally the "Crystal Ghost Virus" improved from Vegapunk!

It's just that Rowan is curious about one thing——

If this virus is really so good, why would Caesar choose to study another biological weapon, "Smiley the poisonous gas creature" in the future?

Perhaps, this virus is not as incomprehensible as it seems.

If you want to know the answer to this question, it is definitely a good choice to ask a doctor——

In particular, the doctor himself was infected with the crystal ghost virus.

...

Rowan came under the miraculous cherry blossom tree.

At this moment, the cherry blossom tree made of special gas gradually dissipated, leaving only a figure covered with armor-like crystals.

Rowan came to Hilluluk and sat cross-legged opposite the doctor.